TV news source soldiers urged to report to inquiry

Soldiers who anonymously gave controversial information to Channel 4 News about Bloody Sunday were urged tonight to come forward and identify themselves to the public inquiry into the shootings.

The appeal was made by a lawyer representing the family of one of the 13 people shot dead by troops on January 30, 1972 during legal submissions on whether two Channel 4 News journalists be ordered to break pledges of confidentiality to the soldiers by identifying them.